CAS BI 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Habituation, Tabula Rasa, Spatial Memory
4 Jan 2017
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Testosterone is lowest among fathers reporting more hours spent in childcare behavior is directly affecting hormone release. Another example of behavior causing changes in physiology is (cid:862)po(cid:449)er posturi(cid:374)g(cid:863), i. e. fake it til you make it. Physiology goes hand in hand with development, because hormone levels change with maturity/development. Development learning mechanisms, nature/nurture, evolution of learning; includes imprinting and other critical periods of development (song learning in the white crowned sparrow, study about how a male song bird learns his song; is it instinct or learning?) Causal factors of behavior gene expression; nerve cells and neurotransmitters; hormones. Organizational effect stimulate gamete production and neural development. Activational effect trigger behavior by acting on the nervous system/brain. Hormone sources include the pituitary gland and pineal gland in the brain, together with the hypothalamus they make a system which allows for keeping track of time.
